Hasp fastener device



March 24, 1936. W, A, B-EAUCHAMP Er 'AL 2,035,216

HASP FASTENER DEVICE Filed Deo. 7, 1952 2 sheets-sheet 1 Ciao/ees E. 7Pmw March 24, 1936 w. A. BEAUCHMP Er AL HASP FASTENER DEVICE Filed Dec. 7, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 #NVM/Toe@ h//LFEED H. /SEHUCHHMP Patented Mar. 24, 1936 t 2,035,216

UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICEA HASP FASTENER DEVICE Wilfred A. Beauchamp and George R. Treptow, Chicago, Ill., assigners, by mesne assignments, to |lilie Youngstown Steel Door Company, Cleveland, Ohio, acorporaton of Ohio Application December 7, 1932, Serial No'. 646,070

2 Claims. (Cl. 292-281) YThis invention relates to hasp fastener devices. Figure 4 is a side elevation of the hasp fas- It is an object o-f this invention to provide tener of said embodiment of the invention; hasp fastener devices for sliding car doors Figure 5 is a sectional View taken -on line wherein the stresses incident upon said devices 5 5 of Figure 3; 5 are carried to the rivets securing said devices to Figure 6 is a horizontal section similar to 5 said doors. Figure 2k, showing a modified form of the inven- A further object is to provide hasp fastener tion; devices for car doors comprising a fastener and a Figure 'I is a plan View of the reinforcing reinforcing member having engagement to transmember of the embodiment of the invention mit the stresses incident upon the fastener shown in Figure 5 of the drawings; l0 through the reinforcing member directly to the Figure 8 is a section taken on line 8-8 of rivets securing said devices to said doors. Figure 7;

A further object is to provide hasp fastener Figure 9 is a side elevation of the hasp fas devices for sliding car doors comprising a fastener utilizing the embodiment of the invention tener and a reinforcing member, the fastener Shown in Figure 6; and 15 having a neck portion adapted to extend through Figure l0 is a sectional View taken on line the door and reinforcing member to relieve the Ill-Iii of Figure 9. door of stresses transmitted to said neck portion, Referring to the embodiment of the invention said stresses being carried by the reinforcement illustrated in Figures 1 170 5, inclusive, the directly to the rivets securing the devices to the numeral IG designates the siding of a railway 20 doors. house car to which a metallic post Il, provided A further object is to provide hasp fastener with a wood filler I2, is secured. The post I I devices for car doors comprising a fastener and carries an angle member I3 which is adapted to a reinforcing member, the former having a neck retain a lock plate designated in its entirety by portion, the free end of which extends through the numeral I6 and including in its construction 25 aligned openings in the door and reinforcing a tapered locking pin I5. The post II further member, engagement being provided between the has secured thereto a front stop angle member end of the neck portion and the reinforcing Iwhich, together With the horizontally, extendmember whereby pulling out of the end and ing ange il of the post, provides a recess I8 for tearing of the door adjacent the opening therein the reception of the forward edge of a sliding 30 is avoided. door I5 provided on the car side.

A further object is to provide hasp fastener As illustrated in Figures 1 to 5, inclusive, the devices for slidng car doors comprising a fasdoor i9 which preferably is provided with a plutener and a reinforcing member engaged thererality of horizontal corrugations 2i! 'merging at with, the fastener and member affording intheir ends into vertical corrugations 2| (one only 35 creased bearing between the parts of the dew'ces. of whichis illustrated) is provided with a hasp A further object is to provide hasp fastener fastener device indicated as a whole by the devices comprising a fastener and. a reinforcing numeral 22 and carrying a hasp 23 adapted to member and to associate said fastener and said co-act with the lock plate I4 inorder to secure 40 member with said door so as to avoid tearing the door in closed position. The hasp fastener 40 thereof where the fastener passes through the device of the instant embodiment of the invendoor. tion comprises a hasp fastener 24 and a rein- Other objects will become clear as the descripforcing member 25. The hasp fastenerv is setion of this invention proceeds. cured to the door upon a horizontal corrugation In the drawings forming part of this specifi- 2D lying upon the outer face of the door, and for 45 cation this purpose is shaped to conform to the corru- Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a porgation. The reinforcing member 25 is posi' tion of a railway hou-se car showing the inventioned within said corrugation or upon the inside tion applied to a door provided on said car; of the door. Common securing means passing Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on line through the hasp fastener, the door and the 50 2 2 of Figure 1; reinforcing member are utilized to secure these Figure 3 is a plan View of the reinforcing parts together. The reinforcing member 25 is member utilized with the embodiment of the of such extent that it extends into the vertical invention illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawcorrugation 2l and for this purpose the end of ings; the stiffener lying in said Vertical corrugation is 55 half round in section so as to conform to the section of said corrugation and serve as reinforcement therefor. It is to be noted that the half round end 25 of the reinforcing member 25 is of greater depth than the remainder of said member for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The end of the hasp fastener 24 adjacent the forward edge of the door is provided with a neck or hook portion 21, the end 28 of which is reduced in section and tapered, thereby providing a ledge or shoulder portion 29. The tapered end of the neck or hook portion 21 extends through aligned openings provided in the vertical corrugation 2| and in the end portion 26 of the reinforcing member, these openings being closed by the shoulder portion so as to prevent light and dust from entering the car through said openings. The section of the neck po-rtion of the hasp fastener adjacent the shoulder provided thereon is preferably oblong in section. This oblong section provides, in view of the fact that its major axis extends transversely of the hasp fastener or in other words in substantially right angular relation to the pull exerted thereupon by the hasp 23, a stronger construction for resisting bending of the neck portion under the pull exerted by the hasp.

It becomes apparent from the foregoing construction of the hasp fastener device that by the engagement between the end of the neck portion and the end 2E of the reinforcing memberA a construction is provided whereby the stresses incident upon the neck of the hasp will be transmitted to the reinforcing member and carried by the reinforcing member directly to the rivets securing said member and said fastener to the door. In View of these facts it is apparent that tearing of the vertical corrugation adjacent the opening therein through which the end of the neck portion extends is obviated. Moreover, in

view of the engagement between the ends of the neck portion of the fastener and the reinforcing member the tendency of the end of the neck portion to turn rearwardly or to the right and to pull through the vertical corrugation is counteracted. The increased depth of the end 26 of the reinforcing member` provides in this regard an increased bearing between the end of the neck portion and the end 23 of the reinforcing member materially enhancing this counteracting effect.

A modied embodiment of the invention is illustrated in Figures 6 to 10, inclusive, of the drawings. In this embodiment a reinforcing member 36 is utilized and positioned upon a horizontal corrugation 23 of the door. As clearly illustrated in Figure 8 of the drawings the reinforcing member 33 is provided with an arcuate underside 3| conforming to the contour of the corrugation upon which the member is placed and a flat upper portion 32. A hasp fastener 33 is placed upon the reinforcing member 3B. The reinforcing member and hasp fastener are secured by means of a plurality of rivets 34 to the door, these rivets passing through a backing plate 35 seated within the horizontal corrugation.

The hasp fastener 33 is provided at one end with a neck or hook portion 36. 'I'he end 31 of the hook portion, which is tapered, is reduced in size in order to provide a shoulder 38 adapted to be positioned upon the vertical corrugation of the door and to close the opening therein through which the reduced end 31 extends. This reduced end additionally extends through an opening provided in a reinforcing member 39 positioned within and adapted to reinforce the vertical corrugation.

In order to intimately connect the neck of the hasp fastener with the reinforcing member, said neck is adapted to extend into an opening 40 provided in the reinforcing member 30 adjacent one end thereof. It will be apparent from Figures 7 and l0 of the drawings that the portion of the neck of the hasp fastener and the opening in the reinforcing member within which said portion extends are substantially oblong with the larger axis presented transversely to the direction of pull upon said neck. By this construction increased bearing and strength is afforded. The bearing area is further increased by the projection 4l formed on the reinforcing member adjacent the opening 4U thereof, as clearly shown in Figure 7. of the drawings. It will be apparent from the structure of this embodiment of the invention that the stresses incident upon the neck of the hasp fastener will be transmitted through the reinforcing member directly to the rivets securing these parts to the door. As in the first described embodiment, tearing of the door sheet will be avoided. Moreover, the shoulder 38 provided on the hasp fastener will prevent entrance of light and dust into the interior of the car.

It will be apparent that numerous changes and modifications in the embodiments of the invention disclosed will be manifest to those skilled in the art. It is intended, therefore, that all such changes and modifications be comprehended Withinthis invention, which is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

We claim:

1. In a metallic railway car door, the combination with the merging horizontal and vertical corrugations formed in said door, of a hasp fastener secured upon said horizontal corrugation, said fastener being provided with a neck adapted to support ahasp, the end of said neck extending through the vertical corrugation, a reinforcing member lying within and secured to said horizontal corrugation, said member having a portion of greater depth than the rest of said member eX- tending into and conforming with said vertical corrugation, the end of said neck extending through said portion.

2. In a metallic car door having a single ply metallic panel, a hasp fastener secured upon the outside of said panel, said fastener being provided with a neck adapted to support a hasp, the end of said neck extending through said metallic panel, a reinforcing member for said hasp fastener secured upon the inside of said panel, said member having a portion of greater depth than the rest of said member, the end of said neck extending through said portion for the purpose set forth.

WILFRED A. BEAUCHAMP. GEORGE R. TREPTOW. 

